Principal Pay Equity and Pay Transparency

**Date**:23 Sep 2024**Job Posting End Date**:
**Job Country**:Australia**Job State/Province**:Queensland**Job Location/Region**:Brisbane**About BHP**

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.
- About the Role- This role will be critical as we look to embed the work we have done in pay equity and enhance pay transparency across our organisation globally. This role is crucial to the delivery of our inclusion & diversity objectives - we are looking for someone who has deep Reward experience, and a real passion for ensuring equity in pay and benefits.-
- Key accountabilities will include:
- Primarily responsible for leading the design, development and implementation of a global pay transparency program (including pay equity), frameworks, processes, tools and materials, including:

- Change impact assessments of existing pay practices including change management planning and execution
- Evaluation of job architecture, pay structures and pay practices (including benchmarking) to enhance transparency and equity
- Review recruitment processes and propose changes to incorporate pay transparency frameworks, mitigate bias and the creation of pay gaps
- Education programs for leaders and employees to build employee trust and engagement about BHP’s reward philosophy and practices
- Create employee feedback channels and continuously measure the impact of pay transparency initiatives by monitoring key indicators like employee engagement, retention rates, and overall satisfaction; ensuring continued compliance, market competitiveness and alignment to business strategy
- consider the impact of pay transparency / equity in the context of diversity, bias and, where relevant, protected groups, in order to improve equity and inclusion
- Coordination of required change management, engagement and communication approach for the business (which may differ based on country requirements)
- Provide specialist technical advice and coaching support to global Reward and HR teams on pay transparency/equity, and contribute to the strategic design and implementation of other global reward and HR programs and policies that impact pay transparency/ equity.
- Understand the changing global landscape for pay transparency and anticipate future changes; scan and critically evaluate external practices incorporating a purpose
- and future-fit design for BHP
- Engage vendors / consultants as required to support the framework design and review processes. Support the management of vendor selection, contracts, budgets, and performance to maximise operational and financial outcomes.
- About You- Experience with the management and understanding of reward programs and relevant reward processes and pay components.
- Deep project management experience.
- Strong organisational skills and ability to handle numerous tasks simultaneously while prioritising and meeting deadlines.
- Excellent communication skills, high attention to detail, and strong analytical skills.
- Proficiency in use of the Microsoft Office suite, in particular Microsoft Excel. Experience in SAP helpful.

**About Our Process**

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

**Supporting a Diverse Workforce**

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversi